One person was killed in a shooting Monday at an auto parts shop in Westmoreland County, and police were searching the surrounding area for the gunman.

One person was killed in a shooting Monday at an auto parts shop in Westmoreland County, and police were searching the surrounding area for the gunman.

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Updated: 5:52 PM EDT May 11, 2015

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WEBVTT OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH ASHLIE HARDWAY. YOU'RE LIVE AT THE ROSTRAVER POLICE STATION. Reporter: WE HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE ROSTRAVER POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR HOURS AND WE CAN TELL YOU POLICE HERE HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWING WITNESSES TO TRY AND LEARN WHY SOMEBODY WOULD WALK INTO DREW MOLINARI'S PLACE OF WORK AND SHOOT HIM DEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THAT KILLING AROUND 11:00 THIS MORNING POLICE WERE CALLED TO A SHOT FIRED CALL AT A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GROVE AND HOMEWOOD AVENUES. POLICE CANVASSED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BUT NEVER FOUND THE GUNMAN OR BULLET HOLES THERE. WE'VE LEARNED FROM THOSE WHO KNEW MOLINARI THAT HE KNEW A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WAS A SEEMLY NICE PERSON. SOCIAL MEDIA INDICATED HE WAS A, QUOTE, COMPLICATED MAN. WORK ACQUAINTANCES SAID THEY KNEW HIM AS A NICE GUY. DREW WAS A HAPPY GUY. HE JUST BOUGHT A BOAT. HE WAS GOING TO BOAT ON THE MON RIVER WITH US. HE WAS A NICE GUY, OFFERING A HAND TO ME EVERY TIME I CAME AROUND HERE TO DO SOME WORK. Reporter: AGAIN AS BOB MAYO MENTIONED, MOLINARI DOES HAVE A LENGTHY PAST. POLICE DON'T YET KNOW IF THAT CRIMINAL PAST HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH TODAY'S SHOOTING. JOE MINNITI WHO OWNS THE BUSINESS THERE IS THE PRESIDENT OF BELL VERNON COUNCIL. WE'RE TOLD HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY

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One person was killed in a shooting Monday at an auto parts shop in Westmoreland County, and police were searching the surrounding area for the gunman.